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After I've been through a period of being triggered significantly and having been what I call 'up' for a number of weeks, when the stress finally recedes my body and immunity is left depleted. I catch bugs and viruses. These illnesses are usually one of two things. 1, a virus that is...

It's certainly very tricky, but that's really what dissociation is designed to do - to stop you feeling those overwhelming emotions before they become too much that you might not cope. Your brain is kicking in a protective mechanism to stop you feeling - of course, now you're not in danger that...

I think it's okay to feel that wasn't the most sensitive way to handle it and if you're comfortable giving feedback, I would do so. I would say a much better way to handle that would be to give you an individual heads-up before the meeting, this allows you to leave at the appropriate time...

Today in a meeting while I was listening to a manager speak, my boss came and stood half a metre behind my chair. She didn't mean anything by it, but it sends my hypervigilance into overdrive. I hate people behind me, I always try and sit so I have a full view of the room. Trying to control...

For sure. It's an interesting concept I think, to make mental health politically correct. Nobody attempts to make traditional medicine politically correct in diagnosis. A doctor isn't going to diagnose me with a heart condition when I really have indigestion, just because I believe my...

I read this article the other day. It's a bit old, but I found it really good and it was nice to see some professionals out there questioning the trends withing trauma at the moment. Trauma-Informed Approaches: The Good and the Bad

Thank you for all your responses. It is comforting at least, to know I am not the only one. @TruthSeeker I have identified a couple of children who I believed were likely experiencing or had experienced trauma, but because I am a trauma survivor my observations were brushed off and staff that...

This is a bit of an unusual post, but I am interested in peoples' opinion on this topic. I am a school teacher and a survivor of childhood trauma. In schools there is a push for teachers to understand trauma, which I see as a really good thing. However, as a survivor I often question the way...

I had a very abusive childhood from more than one adult. Was diagnosed with PTSD and DID maybe 8 years ago. I now have a four year old boy and feel I am doing pretty well as a parent. I always have it in the back of my mind, ‘no way is my child going to experience what I did’. Of course, some...

For me, not remembering my childhood really at all was one of the signs of my trauma. That said, it's not necessarily the case for you. My issues surfaced very quickly in therapy as I couldn't even handle very standard questions like what my parents were like as people and this kind of thing...

Fair enough.

Nobody is talking about demanding it, your point is irrelevant. People who have the courtesy to be empathetic and put warnings on things should be commended, not bagged out because “you don’t know what’s in my head” *cry cry*. Just because trigger warnings don’t work for you, doesn’t mean they...

I don’t agree. I have in the past been thankful for trigger warnings – and I agree that they empower me to choose. The other day I was driving to work and the radio issued a warning. I turned the radio off. After many years in therapy I knew that that was NOT the appropriate time for exposure...

I don’t believe you can eliminate self-bias even when practiced and consciously trying to do so when examining an aspect of your life. You can certainly minimise it. I have found it to take a lot of practice and therapy to be able to do this. I can see now more clearly when I distance myself for...

After feeling like I was doing so well, so strong and moving away from PTSD, I have been hit in the last 2 weeks with new flashbacks that have been triggered and a feeling of hopelessness that this will never end. Due to structural dissociation, I have an inability to remember much of my...

Hi all, I haven't been on here in a little while. I haven't felt like I needed to be on here for a while. I've been doing this kind of health/exercise/mental wellbeing program that has been making me feel better than usual. It's not a substitute for therapy and certainly won't cure me but...

Thanks for that @FridayJones - great advice. I'm actually a teacher and I do that for the kids - always find the positive, always look for what they can do - but never for myself. Although, I have gotten better at it (once I couldn't actually say the words "I am good at X" - it would fill me...

So, I screwed up at work today. Probably not a big deal and anyone else would brush it off. My supervisor just had a word to me and it was all friendly - but for me, it was horrible. Nobody likes making mistakes and certainly nobody likes getting pulled up on them, but me? I went back to my...

My 'knowing voice' can sometimes be really hard for me to find, depending on how far gone I am, but I do have a sort of knowing voice, I guess. For me, I find that my knowing voice will generally come out more easily when I am writing. For some reason I'll change states more easily when I write...

I'd actually like to see more research on DID as well, especially seeing as some psychs don't actually 'believe' in it.

Ah, sorry guys, I can't remember. It wasn't a credible journal article, was more of a 'science news' site.

Read this today. I found it interesting as I often find I develop back pain during periods of depression. http://www.businessinsider.com.au/science-says-back-pain-can-be-caused-by-depression-2016-1

@Jnean - sorry, I don't quite understand what you're asking me in your second post - but I"m more than happy to help if I can. One thing I can say is, certainly don't take my post to mean that it's not a good idea to tell people. Most people, I've found, really care and I think the ones that...

Thanks. I've tried a lot of things. One of my biggest struggles I think is trying to maintain some respect for my body and not hate it, even when I'm overweight. I do generally ensure I don't have my binge foods in the house, which is generally anything sugary. My old psychologist told me...

Hi all, One of my major challenges related to PTSD at the moment is overcoming my binge eating. I'm just wondering if anyone has any good strategies, or strategies they've used successfully to overcome this? I keep on plugging away at it, but just can't seem to get past it. Cheers all!